The Pier and Fish Market, Calais

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Nixon,, John (artist)

Watercolour depicting a crowd of people by the docks at Calais

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Category	Watercolours
Object type	Watercolour
Title	The Pier and Fish Market, Calais (popular title)
Materials and techniques	pen and ink and watercolour Paper Ink Watercolour Painting
Brief description	Watercolour entitled The Pier and The Fish Market, Calais; featuring 'Sir Jacob Juniper' and his party, by John Nixon, 1785
Physical description	Watercolour depicting a crowd of people by the docks at Calais
Dimensions	Height: 43.6cm Width: 58.9cm
Production type	Unique
Marks and inscriptions	John Nixon fect 1785 (Signature;date; Front, bottom left; handwriting; pen and ink) The Pier and Fishmarket Calais no 532 Royal Academy 1785 (Back; handwriting; pencil; unknown)
Gallery label	Bequeathed by Miss Jean Alison Carr
Subject depicted	Sir Jacob Juniper
Place depicted	Calais
Other number	532 (Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1785) - Exhibition number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2513-1992

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Record created	August 2, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O46079/the-pier-and-fish-market-watercolour-nixon-john/

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